Abinandhan Ramanujam

{{Short description|Indian cinematographer}}

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| caption = Abinandhan with director Shaji Kailas (right) at the sets of Kaduva

| name = Abinandhan Ramanujam

| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| alma_mater = L. V. Prasad Film Institute

| occupation = Director of photography

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| nationality = Indian

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| yearsactive = 2009—present

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Abinandhan Ramanujam ISC is an Indian cinematographer who works primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films.{{cite news |title=Hot shot! |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/abinandhan-ramanujam-behind-the-scenes/article7633056.ece |access-date=3 September 2018 |publisher=thehindu}}

Early life

Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy and is a gold medalist from there. He later did a course in visual communication from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore. Since childhood Abinandhan was interested in photography. His father Ramanujam was a bank officer, who always encouraged him in his work. His father owned an old Yashica camera; he would practice his photography skills, and his father would monitor it as well give guidance on his photography. He used to keep himself busy with some or the other work which was related to filming.

Career

Abinandhan got his first break from Bejoy Nambiar. Nambiar was shooting for his MTV series Rush when Akshay, Sreekar Prasad’s son, who is a friend of him who was assisting Nambiar spoke about Abinandhan. He was then called with his camera to Mumbai to be the cinematographer of the series. It was during this period when Lijo Jose Pellissery who had directed two episodes of the MTV series called up Abinandhan to be the cinematographer of his next film, Amen (2013). His movie Double Barrel is known for its extraordinary shots.

Filmography

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! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes

2011PaalaiTamil
2012Friends BookTelugu
2013AmenMalayalam
rowspan="2" |2014Mosayile Kuthira MeenukalMalayalam
Yeh Hai BakrapurHindi{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/who-s-the-bakra-/1103939/.html|title=Who's the Bakra?|publisher=The Indian Express}}
2015Double BarrelMalayalam
rowspan=2 |2016Darvinte ParinamamMalayalam
Kavalai VendamTamil
rowspan=2|2017KavanTamil
Sakka Podu Podu RajaTamil
rowspan="2"|2018DobaaraHindiShort film
MaadathyTamil
rowspan="5" |2019Irupathiyonnaam NoottaanduMalayalam
NineMalayalam
KeeTamil
Happy SardarMalayalam
Sillu KarupattiTamil
2020Did You Sleep With HerEnglishShort film
rowspan="4" | 2021Kalathil SanthippomTamil
| BackpackersMalayalam
Chathur MukhamMalayalam
KuruthiMalayalam
rowspan="2" |2022Bro DaddyMalayalam
KaduvaMalayalam
rowspan="3" |2023AloneMalayalam
BagheeraTamil
Mark AntonyTamil
2025Good Bad UglyTamil
2025 pharma’’malayalam

;As actor

=For music videos=

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! Year !! Title !! Language !! Notes

2012Club Le Mabbu LeTamil
2020Lokame (ft. Ekalavyan)Malayalam
2021Kadhal EngeTamil

As partial cinematographer

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! Year !! Title!!Language!!Director!!Notes

2018Swathandriam ArdharathriyilMalayalamTinu PappachanOnly the scenes in Mysore
2018Imaikkaa NodigalTamilR. Ajay GnanamuthuFor "Kadhalikathey"
2019KaappaanTamilK. V. AnandOnly the scenes in London

Awards and achievements

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Film/Other

2009

| Gold Medalist {{cite web |url=https://prasadacademy.com/alumni/department-of-cinematography.html |title=Alumni of L.V.Prasad Film & TV Acadcemy - Cinematography |website=prasadacademy.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130230245/http://www.prasadacademy.com/alumni/department-of-cinematography.html |archive-date=2016-01-30}}

| Best Cinematographer

| L.V.prasad Film institute

2009

| National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

| Best Non-Feature Film

| The Postman

2015

| South Indian International Movie Awards

| SIIMA Best Cinematographer Malayalam

| Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal

2020

| 7th Aurangabad International film festival Award

| Best Cinematographer

| Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale

= Actor in films =

= Actor in short films =

  • Tinder Kadhal (2018), directed by Pradeep Ranganathan

References

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